50% of Tweets Consumed Come From .05% of Users

ajensen201102 writes "A mere 20,000 Twitter users steal almost half of the spotlight on Twitter, which now ropes in a billion tweets every week. That means only 0.05% of the social network's user base attracts attention, according to a new Yahoo Research study. From the article: 'Like findings in previous studies, the researchers for this one conclude Twitter resembles an information-sharing hub rather than a social network, with the top generators garnering huge follower tallies but not following their content consumers in return.'"

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Just another proof of Sturgeon's Law

[camcorder]

"90 percent of everything is crap"

Re:WELL!

[somersault]

A lot of people (like me) also join and then never use it because they really just don't "get" it. I can already do something similar but more fun on Facebook.